COPENHAGEN: A simple blood test could one day detect the risk of cancer in people with type 2 diabetes, a recent study has suggested.
A blood test available in the future will allow identifying diabetic patients at high risk of cancer, Danish researchers said.
The Danish team analyzed the levels of immune system proteins in 6,466 people enrolled at the Danish Center for Strategic Research in Diabetes, which the researchers believe can also be marked by blood tests that indicate cancer risk. will do
The study will continue prospectively on patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes.
Patients with type 2 diabetes are at increased risk of obesity-related cancers such as breast, kidney, uterine and thyroid, as well as stomach cancer and multiple myeloma and blood cancers.
Researchers believe this may be due to chronic low-grade inflammation that is common in obese people and people with type 2 diabetes.
